A Pin for the Butterfly

Country

Czech Republic, Great Britain

Copyright

1994

Production year

1993—1994

Premiere

16 February 1995

Runtime

113 min

Category

film

Genre

psychological

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Špendlík na motýla

Czech title

Špendlík na motýla

English title

A Pin for the Butterfly

Parallel title

A Pin for the Butterfly

Summary

The director Hannah Kodicek made this film as her debut in co-production with Great Britain where she lives since 1968. The heroine of the partially autobiographical story is seven years old Maruška who lives in the fiftieths through her sad childhood in Prague.

Cast

Joan Plowright /ž/

babička

Ian Bannen

dědeček

Hugh Laurie

strýc

Imogen Stubbs /ž/

matka

Florence Hoath /ž/

Maruška

Ian Hogg

Velký strýček

Stevan Rimkus

Vasil

Rosalie Crutchley /ž/

Anna

Janet Henfrey /ž/

paní Veverková

Stephen Jenn

převaděč

Tomáš Hanák

Jánošík

Charles Pemberton

pan Černík

Georgia Warren /ž/

Andrea

Peter Gideon

Míša

Andrew Taylor

Adam

Alex Kingston /ž/

paní Solomonová

Merelina Kendall /ž/

učitelka klavíru

Glynis Brooks /ž/

učitelka

Caroline Hilmy /ž/

Lefka

Brendan Somers

Mackintosh

Tina Martin /ž/

paní Palaková

Roger Booth

muž s knírem

Des McNamara

vyšinutý muž

Gillian Martell /ž/

žena s papírovou taškou

David Hatton

stranický funkcionář

Barbara Keogh /ž/

členka strany

Dagmar Rosíková

učitelka tance

Věra Kalendová

žena na ulici

Naděžda Kreclová

žena na ulici

Martin Štěrba

Marek

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

Jan Menšík

Assistant Director

Jan Záhumenský, Peter Kodicek

Shooting Script

Hannah Kodicek /ž/

Director of Photography

Ivan Šlapeta

Second Unit Photography

Jiří Maxa

Camera Operator

Ivan Jiránek

Production Designer

Jiří Matolín

Costume Designer

Jan Růžička

Make-Up Artist

Jiří Farkaš

Film Editor

Kant Pan

Sound Designer

John Midgley

Special Effects

Flash company

Producer

James Crawford, Václav Eisenhamer (ČT)

Production Manager

Ann Skinnerová /ž/, Jaroslav Kučera

Czech subtitles

Jana Mertinová

Subtitles Made by

Linguafilm

Music

Music Composed by

Ilona Sekaczová

Music Performed by

FISYO

Production info

Original Title

Špendlík na motýla

Czech Title

Špendlík na motýla

English Title

A Pin for the Butterfly

Parallel Title

A Pin for the Butterfly

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

psychological

Origin country

Czech Republic, Great Britain

Copyright

1994

Production Year

1993—1994

Premiere

premiere 16 February 1995 /suitable for all ages/ (kino Světozor, Praha)

Distribution slogan

The story of the seven-year-old Maruška who perceives the absurdities of the 1950s Stalinist era in her own special way.

Distribution

Heureka Production PF (monopol do 31. 12. 1999)

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

113 min

Original length in metres

3 220 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,66

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Dolby Stereo

Versions

English

Dialogue languages

English

Subtitles languages

Czech

Opening/End credits languages

English